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Bear Dogs

Biologists and specially trained service dogs work to save and teach problem bears to co-exist with humans, using an innovative technique called bear shepherding. As a growing number of people occupy traditional bear habitat and the number of bear-human conflicts rise, biologist Carrie Hunt's innovative "bear shepherding" method is challenging the traditional bear management models of relocation or extermination. As head of the Wind River Bear Institute in Montana's Bitterroot Valley, Carrie Hunt has made it her goal to teach bears rather than destroy them. Using a special breed of dog, the Karelian Bear Dog, in combination with rubber bullets and bean bag rounds, "bear shepherding" conditions grizzly and black bears to recognize and avoid human territorial boundaries. Carrie Hunt is a spitfire with a real passion for bears, and a method of communicating with them in a way that they can learn. As her partner in this work, she has chosen a breed of dog that closely resembles her own tough character. Traditionally bred in Finland to hunt Grizzlies, the Karelian Bear Dog has no fear matching their 50-pound bodies up against bears over 10 times their size. Together, Carrie Hunt and her team of elite dogs confront grizzlies, black bears, polar bears and other wildlife, and herd them out of problem areas. In the past several years, human-bear conflicts have risen to record levels. As these encounters increase a long-term solution is needed -- and with over 17 years of work teaching wild bears, Carrie Hunt and her team have one of the only non-lethal alternatives to the traditional ways of dealing with this problem. In 2012, Carrie Hunt and her team will be working day-in and day-out to condition bears in some of the most majestic areas of North America. In Kananaskis Country and the Bow Valley of Alberta, Carrie and her team will work in one of the most densely populated grizzly habitats across the rugged terrain of the Rockies. In Washington, the dogs will work to remove black bears and cougars from heavily populated areas. And in Alaska, the dogs will serve the important work of locating polar bear dens, to keep oil pipelines and ice roads safely away from the polar bears' delicate habitat. Director, Producer, Editor, Cinematography: BACKTRACK films